Electroplating - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition electroplating

Definition :

The art or process of depositing a coating commonly of silver gold or nickel on an inferior metal by means of an electric current The metal to be deposited on an article is usually used as the anode and the article to be plated as the cathode in an electrolyte solution in which the plating metal is the cation The process is conducted in a tank called an electroplating bath which holds the electrolyte solution